The LJ user tested the highest comfort car between Moscow and St. Petersburg: a soft car or a VIP coupe and gave an assessment of a full range of services - in both directions, on the St. Petersburg and Moscow direction. Next - the story of the first person.
I was asked to test the car of the highest comfort on this line - "Soft" or VIP coupe (8/12 places in the car), with an assessment of a full range of services - on both sides, to the St. Petersburg and Moscow direction. Three weeks later, after a previous trip, Nizhny Novgorod managed to allocate a couple of days to this event. Agreed time, and in the evening on November 18, I at the Moscow railway station. The task looked in general terms:

• try to deal with all the options and features of the "Hotel on wheels" completely independently
• knowingly not to ask anything of the conductor, except when without explanation it is impossible to cope with important functions;
• check the operation of the new option - "Free Shuttle Ticket" - How it works in real life in both capitals;
• evaluate the convenience and inconvenience of this VIP-compartment based on your own travel experience.

Running forward, I can immediately say that I could not solve one important option in this suite, despite all the efforts and the guide had to call. Interaction with taxi drivers also differed, in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In general, below - a detailed story about how this very hotel looks on steel wheels and how the trip as a whole looks like.

Moscow railway station, start testing. I arrived a little early to come into the car before landing passengers and inspect it more closely. Departure of my train at 23:30.

The composition is already on the platform. "Soft wagons" "Express" is put in the head of the train, if you count from Moscow. So, now they are in the tail. Such a car in the composition of two - by 12 seats and 8 seats, with a bar. The coupe is the same everywhere, just in the head car there is a separate bar for VIP passengers. Then there are sv (their 5 pieces), after which they follow the economy coupe. There is no placentar in this train.

I go into the car. First Surprise - Coupe Couple Doors! Not "shifting", as I used.

Here for those interested in the scheme of this "VIP segment" the troika, both subspecies - with the bar and without.

A page with a booklet that lay right on the table, with features of functions.

General form. This is a neighboring compartment: they are focused on each other in the wagon, and the mirrors along the go / against the stroke. Accordingly, in my coupe, the shelves were right.

View from the coupe in the passage.

At the top of the music system, below - a wardrobe for clothes, with shoulders and safe inside. Immediately fix the nuance: there is no place to put the caps / caps - if the shelf is at the top, then there is no one. And the inner deepening is occupied by bathrobes and dials with slippers.

View from the sofa with a closed door. The second door of the right of the wardrobe is the entrance to the toilet / washbasin / shower. This is the VIP compartment and is different from St., where the toilet is common.

Open it, look.

Delicious lemon smell, everything is perfectly clean. Washbasin with a large mirror. OK. Immediately I was waiting for the first quest: how to regulate and open a faucet in the parking lot? It turned out that it was necessary to first twist the control knob on the left, to regulate the water temperature, and then press the button on the tap on the right. Then flows. In the way - it is easier, you can simply press the crane, the water flows immediately, the portions are about half a minute from one click.

View on the coupe from the upper shelf (I was tested on the way back). The built-in conditioner is visible with the adjustment of the parameters with a remote inside the coupe. The luggage compartment is a shell from additional pillows.

Below in the niche - "Video Content" on DVDs. Here with such thematic covers.

The sockets in the coupe were discovered two: one in the sleeping compartment, the second at the washbasin. Wi-Fi worked noticeably better and more stable than in St. Apparently, the router stood physically closer ...

With the video-topic, it did not work independently, although I honestly tried ten minutes. This is only through the call of the conductor, he explains what.

The table at the entrance has already been signed. Fruit plate, mineral water, branded train chocolates, napkins, cutlery. The waiter came immediately and recorded an order for a hot breakfast, and also something from drinks for the evening. Rely on a small bottle of wine, or beer, or juice. Flowers are really alive.

Remote, booklets with explanations ... All quickly master and read will not come out, on a number of positions it is easier to call the conductor.

Breakfast is selected from 3 options. Full hot dinner with breakfast is laid if you go alone. If you have to choose, or breakfast or dinner. In this, clause III dinner is issued anyway.

Extremely intelligent nuance - here are such road nestors for pasta-garment. Very convenient, then took with you - it will be useful in a long road. Still slippers. Now they began to give gray, from whites refused.

It is curious that the sets are slightly different from the composition (men's gray and female red).

Press.

The most important quest was in the use of the toilet. Despite all its efforts, I could not find the magic flush button. I searched everything that was possible and was near. I had to violate the condition of complete independence and call the conductor.

The butt button was turned out to be ... here (marked with an arrow), behind the washbasin in a secluded place!.

Here, it is necessary to harvest the lowest button. By the way, on the opposite way, the conductor immediately immediately instructed where she ("... and sometimes it happens that the passenger calls him to help him right on the toilet"). But on the way to Moscow did not say.

I also ordered tea, this is a mandatory program. Tea is not in cup holders, but in porcelain circles. The cup holders did not specifically ask - I test what and how. But the tea was honest, custard - good, tasty. Lemmon, sugar. Tea can be taken on request, unlimited - everything is included in the price. However, as in the coupe, in Titan you do not immediately do not at once - from the order before the performance passes approximately 7-10 minutes. The conductor boils, then brings a boiled kettle. There is also a coffee machine, coffee is also unimited.

Ready for bed. The shelf is very wide, 120 cm and almost double. This is by the way, for lovers of the one - otherwise there were questions in the post about St. However, just so omit it will not come out - see? It is necessary to find a button in the table and smoothly move it to the wall.

Only then will turn out when it moved. Two pillows, soft big fluffy blanket. From here, it follows another difference from the lower shelf in the St. or Coupe: it will not work comfortably to sit in a raised form from the table. The table will move away, and the bed is too wide.

A white bathrobe also includes a bed kit. The shower is quite normal, the pressure is suitable, with the rear curtain, nothing splashes on the shower room.

Titan, it is clear, and there is no - as in the new St. Kettle, coffee machine (at the conductor).

Hot breakfast in the morning. One portion is a vegetable omelet, the second is a pancakes with salmon. Omelet was hot, and the pancakes have already managed to fit. Plus a cheese plate, plus meat cutting. Croissant, bun, jam, custard tea. In short, satisfying.

Well, the end of the flight, arrived. Now is a free shuttle service that has been advertised as a new service.

It turned out to be not so unequivocal. Under the terms of service, I had to meet me with the surname near the car, to carry out to the car and take off within the Moscow Ring Road. In the form you fill your phone for communication and the route where to go. However, everything turned out to be wrong: drove called me, and said, "Or maybe you can reach you, I can not approach, it's inconvenient and I have no signs"? Type I'm standing here, come. Well, okay. Check so check. He asked him the number of the car and the brand.

But immediately could not find: the parking lot, it took another roaming bell (55 rubles). Only then found. Here is this car. I had a route to the Borodino panorama on Kutuzovsky, I found it optimal for checking, as it will go through the morning traffic jams.

To the honor of the taxi driver, they have some kind of cross-control. I was already brought and landed, but after 20 minutes on my mobile, the call was heard: "... Sorry, you did not meet with a car, so we have reduced the order price and take measures to the driver." "??? Are you all who? " - "Dispatcher such a company." Okay. Reduce.

Reverse flight (on Peter)

Again, I have a Leningrad station. We try the reverse flight.

I go to my car number 2. He is in the head of the train. Conductors are strictly according to the ruler and in one direction - I immediately reminded China. There are also strictly there, and we are not always.

Again the fruit plate, but already in a different concomplated. For dinner - beer, wine. The conductor this time, unlike the flight from Peter, came and explained in detail what - where. Specially I did not ask anything, just listened. Immediately filled a taxi form in St. Petersburg.

This time I will sleep on the top shelf. We must try both options. Lestenka stands to the right of the safe in the wardrobe.

The upper shelf is already lower (90 cm against 120), but also normal. However, it immediately turned out an important nuance - it turns out that the local backlight (so that, for example, read) at the top there is only on the side of the door, and there is no window! That is, I had to go to the door to the door. Like this.

Again ordered tea, anticipating custard - as along the path there. Bring ... And he is in paper bags! Disappointment. Here you are and "VIP Lux". In SV brought in gries-pyramids - and even better. Surely you can not be supplied with custard tea both brigades ??? Sneak.

In the morning there is a hot breakfast. Also a little different on execution, and omelet, and pancakes. Instead of apricot jam - yogurt. And tea - again in bags! Mda. Yesterday it was not a crash. Strange - one brigade brews, and in the second - like this.

And here, Peter. Morning blue, like a white night. It is immediately feels as far as we have darkness than in Moscow. As it should be, the Vagon meets me the driver with a sign - cheerful Georgians. Leads through the station to ligilk, there is his pepelats.

Here is this car, white. On the St. Petersburg shoulder with a taxi was, in short, everything is like in release. Garlica. Unlike Moscow.

The price of the coupe is about 17,000 rubles, plus a minus of the half. It turns out only entirely. 1 or 2 people can drive, plus a child up to 10 years in the counting of the ticket. To my surprise, both VIP-Wagon (№№1 and 2) in both directions were completely filled: the wagons are clearly in demand. Three coupes on the way from Moscow to Peter were redeemed singly.

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Luxury car

Passengers of the VIP category, presenting increased requirements for comfort, we offer to rent a suite car in Russian Railways. Carefully thought out interior parts and the level of service create a feeling of home furnishings and comfort, so necessary to rest in the way or productive work.

Suite wagon will allow you to spend time with maximum comfort if you go on a wedding trip or a tourist trip with a large company.

In the wagon: Five coupe of high comfort.
Coupe: Two beds - sofa bed (1200 mm), a folding upper shelf with a width of 85 cm., Wardrobe; table; angular chair; air conditioning; Audio video system with LCD monitor, toilet room with shower, environmentally friendly toilet, and heated floor.

When buying a train ticket over the Internet, you may notice that each car refers to any class. Abbreviated, they are designated as 2K, 2l, 1C, 3E, etc. The essence of the designation is to show the passenger type of the wagon (reserved seats, coupe, suite, etc.) and an exemplary list of services that should be provided in it.

Details depend on the carrier - each of them implies under the class of the car's own nuances. Most Russian trains are formed by the Federal Passenger Company (OAO FPK), besides, in general, the principles coincide. Therefore, the labeling of the wagons is explained according to the RFK standards with individual additions from other carriers.

Trains "Sapsan"

All wagons are conditioned.

• 1R - coupe-negotiating, sold only entirely. Drinks, leather chairs, dressing room, equipped with a projector negotiation and much more.
• 1B is just places in grade 1 car, without negotiation. All amenities and service itself. "
• 1C - business class wagon. Chairs and tables, cabinets for things, feet supports. High-class service. Outlet with every block chairs, drinks, hot meals on the menu, fresh press, etc.
• 2C - seating wagon economy class. Places at the table and not at the table, clothes hangers, luggage, headphones.
• 2B - the class "Economic +" (car number 10 and No. 20). The economy class differs from the fact that the spacious, the socket near each block of the chairs, the price includes lunch box, Wi-Fi is available.
• 2E - places in the car-bistro, the ticket price includes power in the amount of 2000 rubles on the menu. Through the Internet you can buy on the day of departure and the next day.

Trains "Strege"

All cars have air conditioning and drinking water (free). Betails work, video monitor, the train accompanies guard. In all cars there are individual outlets - under chairs or coupe

• 1e - SV (VIP). Sold off the whole coupe, it can drive 1 or 2 passengers. The upper bedroom is folded, the lower place is transformed into two chairs. The coupe has its own bathroom with a shower, toilet and washbasin. Safe, sockets, advanced traveler set, TV with a selection of video programs. Ticket price includes food and bed linen.
• 1E - similar to Class 1e, but you can buy one place in the coupe.
• 1R - Sitting wagons 1 class. Spacious, comfortable chairs, the fare includes food, sanitary and hygienic set and press.
• 2C - seating 2 class cars.

Common car

• 3O - shared car. As a rule, there are the same shelves, as in a second-class, but for sale 3 tickets for each lower shelf. It is assumed that these are places for seating. In new trains, these wagons make more convenient and specialized. The air conditioner and the beyatuette may not be.
• 3B - a shared car without numbers. The presence of air conditioning and the dry lad is not guaranteed.

Sitting wagon

Sitting wagons (Category C) are equipped with individual chairs. At the same time, the conditions, convenience, the layout of the car can differ significantly, since this category includes "Sapsans", and interregional cheap wagons. In the latter, more and more often try to create the most comfortable conditions: folding tables, socket under each chair, etc.

• 1C, 2C, 3C - wagons with such marking are found in a variety of trains (from high-speed to suburban "expressings), and conditions in each case are assumed. As a rule, 1 and 2 class are conditioned (not guaranteed), 3 - no. Additional services depends on a particular train. Class (and the price of travel, respectively) is determined by the number of places in the car, type of chairs, etc.
• 1R - In a two-story sitting wagon, places in the coupe are so labeled (for example 133, 134 in the train 045/046 Moscow - Voronezh). The ticket price includes power, press, hygienic set. You can ask the plaid from the conductor.
• 1B - a wagon with individual placement, that is, all the places are redeemed. The ticket price includes power, press, hygienic set. You can ask the plaid from the conductor.
• 2r - the wagon of enjoyed comfort, equipped with air conditioning and a dry-style. The ticket price includes cold snacks.
• 2V, 3zh - air conditioning may not be, additional services in the fare are not included. In the wagons of this class you can carry animals. Consider this if the presence of animals may be an obstacle to travel or if you yourself need to go with a pet. .
• 2e - a seating wagon with air conditioning, the availability of the beytole is not guaranteed.

Film wagons

These are wagons with places for lying, 52 or 54 shelves on the car. Usually designated as 3 class.

• 3E - a second-class wagon with air conditioning and a beyatuette.
• 3T - the wagon is conditioned, there may not be aicate.
• 3D - There is air conditioning in the car. The presence of the formulation is not guaranteed.
• 3ow - similar to 3d, but not guaranteed the availability of air conditioning.
• 3l - air conditioning and a dry lad is not provided.
• If the carrier CJSC "TKS", then in the class 3ow car, it is assumed to have air conditioning and dry lats. There are sockets in each compartment, video surveillance works. Passengers are provided road set, bed linen. Animals can not be pronounced.

Coupe

The wagon is divided into closed coupe for 4 shelves in each. Total in a car from 32 to 40 seats. Marked as 2 class. Bed linen is always included in the coupe ticket.

• 2E - air-conditioned enclosed car with 4-seater coupe. The ticket price includes food, press, sanitary and hygienic set. You can go with the car there is a lookup.
• 2E - in two-storey trains - similar to 2E in ordinary trains, but no hygienic set and press is provided.
• 2B - similar to 2E, but the presence of a beythelet is not guaranteed.
• 2k - air conditioning and a hair dryer in the car, additional services (except for bed linen) are not included in the ticket price.
• 2U - similarly to 2k, but not guaranteed the presence of a dry lad in the car.
• 2l - no additional options, only underwear included in the fare. In the car may not be an air conditioner and a dry lad.
• 2D - a coupe without additional services, you can refuse to pay for bed linen (in other jigger cars can not). The presence of the air conditioner and the beythelet is not guaranteed (it depends on what car is allocated the locations of this class). Transportation of animals is not provided.
• If the carrier of CJSC "TKS", the class of Wagon 2T implies dinner or breakfast to choose from (there is a vegetarian menu), sanitary and hygienic set, slippers, printed publications, bedding. Wagons are conditioned, dry lads. The coupe has a LCD monitor, individual outlets, a safe. Children give gifts, on request Children's playpen. In a car for an additional fee, you can enjoy freshly brewed coffee or tea, acquire souvenirs from the conductor or the little things you need. Animal products are prohibited.

Suite (SV)

These are cars with a 2-seater coupe. Soft shelves for lying, in a car from 16 to 20 seats. Lingerie is always included in the fareAll wagons are air-conditioned. Marked as 1 class.

• 1B - business class. The ticket price includes drinks, food, press, hygienic accessories, etc. The cost is indicated by the whole coupe in which 1 adult passenger is driving. You can carry with you
• 1E - the same as 1b, but you can buy one place in the coupe, and not to buy it entirely.
• 1U - additional services in the ticket price are not included (except for bed linen), but the level of comfort corresponds to the first class.
• 1l - Sv. Additional tickets are not included in the cost of the ticket, it is assumed to have an air conditioner, but there may not be a toilet. Bed linen is included in the ticket price, animal procurement is allowed.
• If the carrier of CJSC "TKS", then the class of Wagon 1B "Business TK" implies dinner and breakfast, drinks, sanitary and hygienic set, slippers, printed publications, bedding. The car is conditioned, there are beytles and hygienic shower. In each coupe - 2 TVs and individual outlets, safe.

Soft car

These are also class 1 wagons, but more comfortable than luxury cars. Double coupe, 8-12 places on the car.

• 1A - the car consists of 4 coupe and interior bar. In every coupe - shower, dry-wear, washbasin. In the coupe two places: a wide folding sofa (120 cm) and the upper shelf (90 cm, standard). There is a chair. Provided food, drinks, press. The price is always indicated by the whole coupe, can go 1-2 adults plus a child up to 10 years for free (in Russia). You can go with small
• 1I - similar to 1a, the only difference is no bar, instead of it in the car there is a fifth coupe.
• 1m is the same, but 6 coupe in the car.
• 1G - Marking of the car in the trains of international communication (except Finland). 4-6 coupe in the car, each can go 1-2 passengers. One adults can go together two children under 12 years old (free), with two adults - it is a child up to 12 years old. Each coupe is a chair, a wide folding sofa and a standard width of the upper shelf. You can buy as a whole coupe, and one place in it.

Wagons rit

In international trains (Moscow - Berlin, Moscow - Paris, etc.) can be wagons fundamentally different layouts - wagons of Gabarit Ric. They are separated on the coupe, each of which can be double or trifles.

• 2-seater RIC cars - under conditions and marking similar luxury cars.
• 3-LAST RIC cars (class 2) - three-bed coupe with vertical arrangement of shelves. There is a chair, washbasin. Bed linen is included in the ticket price.

Information is reference. If necessary, specify it with the carrier.

Pleasant travel!

The Wagon SV class is a premium offer (abbreviation is decrypted as a "sleeping car"). From a second-class and coupling, it differs from the fact that only two people are divided into one insulated by the doors. Also, speaking of sv-tickets for the train, what it is, it is impossible not to mention additional services.

Some routes also offer food, bathrobe and slippers so that you feel almost like at home. Fresh press is available to the passenger, free access to Wi-Fi is available, which can be called simply an invaluable "plus" - communication on the way, as it is known constantly disappears, and the availability of Internet access gives you the opportunity to work, solve business tasks, Watch movies and read on a trip and, of course, communicate with the usual ways.

How much is a ticket for a train sv?

As follows from what we talked above, the price of the trip will differ significantly from others. The cost of linking the train is significantly higher than in second-class and coupling cars. In some cases, it varies 20%. Also, the price of travel, naturally varies depending on the distance. For example, tickets for the Moscow-Vladivostok train in SV will cost about 27,000 rubles.

But the "Lux" class is a special kind of sv-ticket. Service here is even more exclusive: some wagons (depending on the assembly date) are equipped with a shower, the price includes drinks, incl. And alcohol, which can be delivered from the restaurant car during the entire path of the following. Not every ordinary tourist can afford to buy a "suite": such a journey can do more than a flight by plane. Therefore, the most up-to-date question before purchasing a car in CV or Lux: the cost of the ticket justifies yourself or better to fly?

How can I buy train tickets to Sv-wagon?

There are two options: you can go to the station and purchase a paper boarding pass there or book a trip online. You can buy train tickets to Sv-wagon on the site. Thanks to the user-friendly interface, it is simply literally a few clicks. At the same time, the price of a train ticket to the SV wagon includes a small commission of the site for the service.

To complete the process, nothing, except for passport data, will not be required. At the same time, after the ticket is booked, for some time it is possible to not pay for it: the client is given time to think. The service also makes it possible to return money if your plans change.

17/05/2015 — We regularly tell you about discounts, promotions and most attractive prices for trains Moscow - Petersburg. Perhaps the time has come to write a few words about the most expensive versions. Moreover, we are coming a lot of questions on this topic. Our readers are inseminantly asked: "What in the Moscow-Petersburg train can cost such money"?

"Sapsan" Moscow - Petersburg. Maximum ticket cost of 48 thousand rubles. The figure is amazing many, but in fact, this is the cost of 4 places immediately. The fact is that "Sapsans" have the so-called coupe - negotiating, which can be in demand by businessmen who do not want to lose a moment of time. This compartment contains 4 comfortable chairs, a table, two screens and a minibar. The price includes food, internet access and newspapers, proudly called "Fresh Press". The coupe-negotiator can be redeeming alone (by paying the notorious 48 thousand), but if you drive in the four-way - the price for a person will be 12 thousand rubles, which is comparable to the usual business class of the same "Sapsana". SPSAN's highway schedule Moscow - Petersburg can be found (select the "Sapsans only" tab). You can also buy a ticket to Sapsan Moscow - Petersburg online.

Coupe-negotiating in Sapsan Moscow - Petersburg.

Train №004 Moscow - Petersburg, Express. Ticket price for a car "Lux" - 13-14 thousand rubles. Again, the price is indicated by the whole coupe, which means 6.5 - 7 thousand per person. In the train 2 such a car, in one of them 6 luxury coupe, in the second - 4 and the meeting room. Each coupe has a sofa (which turns into the lower bed) and the shelf upstairs. Of course, your toilet with the shower is also in every coupe. For the ease of suites of luxury passengers, the floors are heated there. By the way about climation - the air conditioner is also present in each coupe. As for services, the ticket price includes hot food, bathrobes, slippers, internet and fresh press. Cherry on the cake is free taxi. Schedule of night trains Moscow - Petersburg, including trains №004 you can see (select the "Night only" tab). You can also buy a ticket for Moscow to Petersburg online ticket.

Coupe in the car "Lux" train number 4 Moscow - Petersburg "Express"

Train №054 Moscow - Petersburg, Grand Express. Ticket price for a luxury carriage - about 29 thousand rubles. This, as in the previous case, the cost of the coupe. If you go together for a person, 14.5 thousand leaves. Train No. 54 Moscow - Petersburg serves the private company Grand Express, although it goes, of course, on the same RZD rails as the other trains. There are several luxury cars of different costs with the sonorous names of the Grand Imperial, "Grand-de Lux", etc. Conditions of comfort here are about the same - its own shower, air conditioning, 2 screens, etc. Hot food, fresh juices, WiFi - Grand Express staff will do everything for your comfort. Schedule of night trains Moscow - Petersburg, including trains No. 054 you can see (select the "Night only" tab). You can also buy a ticket for Moscow to Petersburg online ticket.

Coupe in the car "Lux" train number 54 Moscow - Petersburg "Grand Express"

Train №002 Moscow - Petersburg, "Red Arrow". Ticket price for Luxury carriage - about 21 thousand rubles. This is a coupe, and thus, 1 person will have 10.5 thousand rubles costs. As in previous trains, the highest quality of services is offered here. Personal toilet / Shower, Internet, meals (and, various options are available that can be ordered on the Railways website) and many other pleasant little things. Schedule of night trains Moscow - Petersburg, including trains №002 you can see (select the tab "Only Night"). You can also buy a ticket for Moscow to Petersburg online ticket.

Coupe in the car "Lux" train number 1 Moscow - Petersburg "Red Arrow"

We briefly told about the most expensive travel options by train Moscow - Petersburg. Is there any such money described above - to solve passengers. It should be noted that tickets to the luxury cars are bought, you can easily make sure of the RZD website. So there is a demand?

However, the absolute majority of our visitors are not interested in luxury, but on the contrary, the most affordable prices, promotions and discounts on the train Moscow - Petersburg. About all this - read in our blog! We always try to be the first to inform you about the possibilities to save on tickets. Good trips!

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